DE69611392D1 - Laser mit einem sättigbaren Bragg-Reflektor - Google Patents

Laser mit einem sättigbaren Bragg-Reflektor

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DE69611392D1
DE69611392D1 DE69611392T DE69611392T DE69611392D1 DE 69611392 D1 DE69611392 D1 DE 69611392D1 DE 69611392 T DE69611392 T DE 69611392T DE 69611392 T DE69611392 T DE 69611392T DE 69611392 D1 DE69611392 D1 DE 69611392D1
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laser
bragg reflector
saturable bragg
saturable
reflector
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Wayne Harvey Knox
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AT&T Corp
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AT&T IPM Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/11—Mode locking; Q-switching; Other giant-pulse techniques, e.g. cavity dumping
    • H01S3/1106—Mode locking
    • H01S3/1112—Passive mode locking
    • H01S3/1115—Passive mode locking using intracavity saturable absorbers
    • H01S3/1118—Semiconductor saturable absorbers, e.g. semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors [SESAMs]; Solid-state saturable absorbers, e.g. carbon nanotube [CNT] based
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3523—Non-linear absorption changing by light, e.g. bleaching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/355—Non-linear optics characterised by the materials used
    • G02F1/3556—Semiconductor materials, e.g. quantum wells
DE69611392T 1995-03-15 1996-03-05 Laser mit einem sättigbaren Bragg-Reflektor Expired - Lifetime DE69611392T2 (de)

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US08/404,664 US5627854A (en) 1995-03-15 1995-03-15 Saturable bragg reflector

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EP (1) EP0732613B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3168246B2 (de)
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US5627854A (en) 1997-05-06
JP3168246B2 (ja) 2001-05-21
CA2169785C (en) 2001-11-06
EP0732613B1 (de) 2001-01-03
EP0732613A2 (de) 1996-09-18
EP0732613A3 (de) 1997-08-20
DE69611392T2 (de) 2001-05-31
JPH08340141A (ja) 1996-12-24

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